The Summer Bucket List

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Ella's POV

"Austin, what happened? Why aren't we moving?" I ask in a panic.

"I think we're stuck." He replies making my stomach feel uneasy.

All I wanted to do was try and face my fear of heights, and now Austin and I are stuck at the top of a Ferris wheel. I lean into Austin so I won't have to see the ground below.

"It's going to be ok Ella." He says while caressing my head.

I don't know how long we were up there, and I don't care to know, so I just stay in Austin's arms, which are wrapped around me. I feel safe but unsafe at the same time. I knew that Austin would protect me, but I didn't know anything about how or when we would get down from the top of this Ferris wheel.

"Ella." Austin says calmly

"Yes." I reply not moving and inch.

"It's all going to be ok." He states.

"How do you know?" I ask. "We are stuck on top of a mechanical machine, who knows how high up in the air."

"Ella, you need to think it's going to be alright of else it's not going to be at all. You need to calm down, stress isn't good for you." He explains to me.

"How am I supposed to calm down Austin?" I ask and he kisses me before I can talk again.

He did it; he managed to calm me down. I know I shouldn't be kissing him, I promised myself I wouldn't, but in my time of panic it just helps, and it feels so right. We keep kissing and I feel myself melting into him. He holds my face and isn't rough like the night at the party. It's like in all of the movies; you feel sparks! But this can't happen, and I pull away.

"Austin you know you and I can't be together I already told you that."

"But the kiss did the trick, it helped calm you down. What if whenever you were getting upset I could just come over and kiss you? I know just now you forgot the world around us, and that's why you kept kissing me." He says it all and it is true, and it would be nice to be able to always have that comfort, but it can't happen.

If we were to break up it would be awkward, with us being friends of almost 16 years, we can't let that get messed up. Besides I went on a date with his brother, even though Hunter did get mad at me today. If we were to break up it would be awkward for our families also. My brother would be mad at Austin, and Hunter would be mad at me. Hunter would also be at Austin because they still both like me. There are more cons then pros in this, another reason why it can't happen.

"Austin, we just can't be together, as a couple. We can be friends. That's the only solution I have for this situation." I tell him.

"Ok fine, but I hope you know I will never give up." He says and I believe him, because he is a very persistent person.

"I'll go on the road trip with you." I sigh trying to make him happier.

"Are you sure you'll want to?" He asks looking right at me.

"Ya I'm sure." I reply with a small smile.

"We'd be taking the truck and sleeping in the back at night." He tells me.

"That's ok, it has a roof." I say. "And we'll have our sleeping bags." His smile falls a little.

"Exactly, and we can move our stuff around when we need to sleep or drive." He explains.

All of the sudden I feel us move. "We're going to the ground again!" I shout. "Thank you Austin, for taking my mind off things."

"No problem, Ella. I know you'd do the same for me." He replies.

We get back down to the bottom and I am thankful to be grounded once again.

"I think I've had enough of the carnival for today." I tell Austin, as we walk away from the giant wheel of doom.

"I wouldn't blame you if you never wanted to come back." Austin says making us both laugh.

"Oh, you know I'll want to come back."

"Ya, that's because you are stubborn." He says and I stick out my tongue. "So you're sure that you want to go on a road trip with me."

"Yep, I can start packing tonight." I state.

"Well I'm glad that you are going to come with me." He says with a smile. "It's 5:39, we should get some dinner. Wanna get some hotdogs for the way home?"

"Sure, they do sell them here." I say pointing to a food booth.

We walk over and Austin buys two hotdogs, and two drinks. Austin puts everything on his hotdog whereas I leave it plain. I get a sprite and he gets an orange pop. We walk home laughing and talking about everything that had been happening in the past few days. It was nice to be able to talk to someone again, even if he could still be a jerk sometimes.

It was nice to have one of my best friends back, but will it always be this way? Or could one of us change?

(A/N: Oh Ella, stop over thinking everything! Of course you guys will always be friends, maybe more, unless someone else scoops you up first... Scared of heights! Poor Ella. It's ok so am I. And Austin don't worry some girl will one day allow you to kiss her. Don't lose hope bud! Ella is going on a road trip with Austin?!? Yay! They can bond again! Thanks to Miss_nerdy22 for the idea of a road trip! Thank you everyone for all of your support! It means a lot knowing that there are people out there who are reading my book! Um, I don't know how many chapters there are going to be in this book, I have so much I want to do, and to me that's kinda like AHHHHH! What am I going to do! But I hope you are all enjoying it! Make sure you vote, comment, and tell all of your friends! Love you all!

TTYL!!!!

-Kimberleigh <3 :D)